Ottawa High to host 1916 football reunion tonight
Ottawas former 1916 undefeated squad members and their wives gather for a reunion before the Ottawa High versus Argentine football game. Notables include John Youngberg and Claud Cochran, with out of town guests from Kansas and nearby states. Band Day plans at K U feature 52 high school bands and the KU band forming Band Day K U 1956 on the field.
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Ottawa
OHS
Kansas
Ottawa University
John Youngberg
Kansas City
George Mahaffy
Wichita
Jim Walsh
Collyer
Cliff Hearst
Topeka
Hugh Branaman
St. Joseph
Claud Cochran
Cochran
Paul Hughes
Roscoe Lancaster
Lawrence
Ralph (Bucky
K.U
Bill Barker
Water supply in Ottawa still ample despite drop in dam levels
Ottawa water and light superintendent L. E. Hart said Marais des Cygnes river levels have fallen but remain ample. Miller dam stood 61 inches below its top, Kiefer dam 14 inches, and the Hope cemetery dam 8 inches. Water is drawn from Miller dam first to stay near the pumping plant. Hart believes supply will cover Ottawa well into 1957.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
L. E. Hart
Water and Light Department
Miller Dam
Pomona
Kiefer Dam
Hope Cemetery
Haff
Free Polio Shots Administered to 1200 in County
More than 1,208 people in Franklin County received polio vaccines under a state funded program for ages 6 months to 19 years and pregnant women. Shots were given at Ottawa Junior and Senior High schools and the hospital, with 474 at the school and 734 at the hospital. Doctors and PTA volunteers assisted. some outside patients were turned away when vaccine ran out.
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Frankin County
Ottawa
Pauline Duyk
BPI
L. N. Speer
R. 5. Roberts
R. A. Gollier
D. G. Laury
PTA
Vincent
Skidmore
Leo Belier
Henry Colby
Barbara Sharp
Floyd Minnick
Red Day at Ottawa High School Pep Assembly
Ottawa High staging a red day before the season opener against Argentine high school. A pep assembly featured red dress discipline for noncompliance, a snake dance planned for 7 tonight, and a stadium game at 8 pm with band in red and white uniforms. Principal Norris Burke led events with police on hand for protection.
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Ottawa High School
Sth
Cedar
0.U
Neta
Norris Burke
Peka Wibw-Tv
Mike Mullio
Eahey Buick Co
Edge of Oz
K.U
Towa
Warm Winds Prevail as Dust Blows Across Kansas
Weather conditions remain hot and windy in Kansas with a coming cool front not expected to ease the heat much. Central regions face blowing dust this afternoon and gusts reach high speeds. Ottawa posted 96 degrees yesterday and a 61 degree morning low.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Kansan Wins Home Contest in National Builders Award
John F. Cook of Lenexa Kansas won a $1,000 NAHB model home contest scholarship. He is an airman apprentice stationed at Maslin Field Philadelphia with a two year hitch. Cook built his modern split-level model at Shawnee Mission High School in Merriam using 1,560 hours.
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Washington
Kansan
National Assn. of
Home Builders
John F. Cook
Lenexa
Navy
Maslin Field
Philadelphia
Ralph Johnson
NAHB
Research Institute and Construction Department
Cook
Shaw Raises Right To Work Vote Issue
Wichita campaign talk by Warren W. Shaw, Republican candidate for governor, arguing Kansas faces a clear choice in November between enacting a right to work law and compulsory unionism. He claims GOP win guarantees freedom of choice and criticizes Democrats for supporting compulsory union membership and labor bosses' influence.
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Wichita
Warren W. Shaw
Kansas
Shaw
I’ l
Afl-Cio
Democrat
GOP
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Soviet America
Reuther
Sedgwick County
United ‘Auto Workers
Democrat Party
Confer Today On Paint Contract
A conference will be held this afternoon among Atty. Gen. John Anderson Highway Department and Administration officials to decide if the State Highway Commission would be liable for damages if it cancels a paint contract. The commission voted to cancel pending legal advice after reports the white paint failed specs and delivery lagged.
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Topeka
John Anderson
State Highway Commission
Anderson
Highway Department
State Department For Administration
Mental Hygiene Talk by Shawnee Center Doctor at Ottawa PTA
Dr. Robert Forman, clinical director of the Shawnee Guidance Center in Topeka, will speak on Mental Hygiene at a joint Ottawa PTA and Lions Club meeting Monday at 7:30 PM in Garfield school auditorium. The talk is open to all Ottawa residents.
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Robert Forman
Shawnee Guidance Center
Topeka
Otttawa P.T.A
Garfield School
P.T.A
Lions Club
Ottawa
Forman
Kansas Man Contacts Queen Over Swans For Park
Great Bend man phoned Queen Elizabeth in hopes of obtaining swans for a local park. He failed to reach the queen personally but hoped Buckingham Palace would gift swans. discussions referenced a 300 shipping cost and quarterly truck license payments.
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Great Bend
England
Collier
trans-Atlantic
Kent Collier
Lakeland
Buckingham Palace
London
Treas- Hill
Elisabeth Briggs
Fla
Oe Seer Ghanat
U. S
Terry
KVGB
Stevenson Blasts Living Costs Ahead of election
Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate, plans a midday speech in Indianapolis on rising living costs, calling it a defining issue. He then will fly to Milwaukee for a nationwide TV address. Eisenhower counters from Washington as Nixon expands the GOP campaign through four more states with Kefauver touring Erie.
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Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Indianapolis
Ind
Milwaukee
Washington
Cleveland
Lexington
Nashville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Hagerstown
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Erie
St. Louis
Nixon
Illinois
Kefauver
GOP
United States
Inquest Called Over Baldwin Fatal Traffic Crash
An inquest is scheduled Monday in Lawrence into the death of James Gunther, 15, who died in a traffic crash west of Baldwin near midnight. Buck Jones, deputy sheriff, will lead the investigation as the coroner calls for condition statements from all national banks. The Federal Reserve requests statements from member state banks as of Sept. 26, while the FDIC does not issue a current call for nonmember insured banks.
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O ‘ Baldwin
Kas
Washington
Lawrence
Douglas County
James Gunther
Ytarst
Baldwin
Buck Jones
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve
FDIC
Weather highs over 90 with dust and wind today
Partly cloudy and warm with strong central winds creating blowing dust in the afternoon. Tonight and Saturday turn cooler in the northwest. Lows tonight in the 50s to 60s, highs Saturday from the 80s in the northwest to near 90 in the southeast. Yesterday’s high reached 96 and the low was 62.
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le Duviel Watwtniss
Tito
Belgrade
Khrushchev
Sci
Black
Sri
Yalta
Khrush
Otto
Zeit
Chev
Eisenhower Saeed
Crimean
Nixon
Rane
Sochi
Nikolai Bulganin
Peer Creatiee
Struggle for Power Clouds Khrushchev Tito Visit
London reports say Khrushchev faces opposition from Soviet leaders over de Stalinization and East European policy. Tito’s surprise trip to Moscow signals a potential power struggle behind the Kremlin visit, with Yugoslav backing speculated as a factor.
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Vienna
Khrushchev
V. MI Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Tito
Khruschev
Neuer Kurier
Kremlin
Poznan
Poland
Soviet Union
Stalin
London Express
Moscow
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Austria
Legion To Seek 500 Members At October Drive
At a Warren Black post meeting the Kansas Legion representative Kenneth Young urged a 1957 goal of 500 memberships, now fixed after partial progress. A 10 day Oct 15 drive follows a current year total of 436 memberships. two captain led teams and many lieutenants organize the effort. Auxiliary head Mrs. Howard Henderson will run ticket sales for a barn dance on Oct 6 in Memorial auditorium. About 20 million of 70 million licensed U S drivers received traffic tickets in 1955.
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Warren Blackpost
American Legion
Kenneth Young
Topeka
Kansas Legion
Joe Henning
Lloyd Stafford
Henning
Warren Weten
Howard Oyen
Bob Conaty
Ray Howell
Stafford
John Gere
A. C. Richeson
Gene Nelson
Howard Conrad
Weten
Red Crowell
Jim Alexander
Doyen
L. H. Gilley
Bruce
Baldwin High Players Injured In Collision With Stock Truck
Gunther and Bell, both Baldwin high school football starters, were hurt when their 1956 Plymouth collided with a stock truck driven by Olen R. Williams of route 2 Baldwin. Williams escaped injury. Gunther suffered severe facial lacerations and eye injuries. The incident prompted a possible inquest and statements from state bank officials. Gunther, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gunther, had ties to Ottawa University football through his sister-in-law.
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Gunther
Timmie Bell
Plymouth
Olen R. Williams
Baldwin
Topeka
R. B. Medlin
James Dyer
Wiliams
Kansas City
William Gunther
Bill Ackerman
Ottawa University
Bell
Baldwin High School
Jones
Ieal
Business From Standpoint Of Psychiatry Study
Kansas Power & Light Co partners with the Menninger Foundation for the first U.S. study of an entire business organization through industrial mental health. The study will survey relations across levels, conduct employee interviews, and assess how work affects overall well being. Mr. Deane E. Ackers notes interlocking human relationships underpin business. Dr. Harry Levinson describes the plan as a deeper look beyond general surveys to an intensive case study.
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Topeka
Kansas Power & Light Co
Menninger Foundation
United States
Foundation
Division of
Industrial Mental Health
Deane E. Ackers
Kp&l
Ackergs
Ackers
Industrial
Harry Levinson
Need Supervisor For Boys' Club in Ottawa
A survey urged a full-time experienced supervisor for the Ottawa Boys Club. Paul Gaynor, club president, said the National Boys Club official Joseph Sotis of Chicago endorsed the need after discussions with school officials and law enforcement. Further study will decide if an expanded program can be financed locally. Attendees at a dinner included George Lister, Gale Nitcher, Owen Shoffer, Dr. Harold Perfry, Mrs. Tony Van Leiden, Ben Gilmore, Ed Hosler, Dr. D. G. Loury, Rod Cupp, Mrs. Gleason, Miss Vera Goodman, Mayor Kenneth Andrews, Police Chief Hough, and Gaynor.
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Ottawa Boys Club
Paul Gaynor
Joseph Sotis
Chicago
National Boys Club
George Lister
Gale Nitcher
Owen Shoffer
Harold Perfry
Tony van Leiden
Ben Gilmore
Ed Hosler
D. G. Loury
Rod Cupp
Douglas Gleason
Vera Goodman
Ministerial Alliance
Kenneth Andrews
Hough
Gaynor
Traffic Deaths in Topeka Kansas Record Summary
Topeka state accident records list traffic fatalities in the latest five year period. The report compiles totals by year, noting locations on major routes and identifying contributing factors such as speed, weather, and driver error. Details include casualty counts, vehicle types, and agency tallies.
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Topeka
Kansas
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